I guess nobody told the Pentagon that America and Britain were pulling out all forces by 2007:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Iraq said on Sunday media reports that America and Britain planned to pull all troops out of Iraq by spring 2007 were "completely false," reiterating that there was no timetable for withdrawal.
And what about those 14 permanent bases we're building that nobody seems to want to talk about?
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a spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq reiterated previous statements by U.S. and Iraqi officials that foreign troops would be gradually withdrawn from the country once Iraqi security forces were capable of guaranteeing security.
"This news report on a withdrawal of forces within a set timeframe is completely false," Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson said of the stories in Britain's Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Mirror, which quoted unnamed senior defense ministry sources.
So who's really in charge here? Or is Blair having a crisis of conscience? Maybe he finally DID talk to God, and God dangled him over the flaming pits of hell for a while and gave him a stern message.
It's a bad week for the warmongers. If they weren't, well, warmongers, you'd almost have to feel sorry for them.
Today, John Murtha made headlines with this:
Iran and Qaeda benefit from US in Iraq: congressman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. presence in Iraq is hurting the worldwide war on terrorism and benefits only Iran and al Qaeda, U.S. Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) said on Sunday.
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"The only people who want us in Iraq are Iran and al-Qaeda," Murtha said on CBS's "Face the Nation" political talk show. "And I talked to a top-level commander the other day and he said China wants us there also. Why? Because we're depleting our resources ... our troop resources and our fiscal resources.
"... The war on terrorism is worldwide. In Iraq, it's a civil war," said Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat.
And now the "heroic" death of the warmongers' main action hero from early in the "war?"
Well they're investigating his death as a fragging -- that's a HOMICIDE by his own men:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has directed the U.S. Army to launch a criminal investigation into whether the friendly fire death of Army Ranger and former professional football star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan in 2004 was a homicide, the Army said on Saturday.
And, last but not least, 'Abritrary' detention fuelling 'dire' situation in Iraq: Amnesty'
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LONDON (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people have been held "arbitrarily" in Iraq since the start of the US-led invasion in March 2003, creating a situation that is ripe for abuse, Amnesty International has said.
Most of those held were neither charged nor faced trial and had no basic right to challenge their detention, the London-based human rights group said as it launched a new report "Beyond Abu Ghraib: Detention and Torture in Iraq".
"Nearly three years after the US and allied forces invaded Iraq and toppled the government of Saddam Hussein, the human rights situation in the country remains dire," it said.
"The deployment of US-led forces in Iraq and the armed response that engendered has resulted in thousands of deaths of civilians and widespread abuses amid the ongoing conflict."
Ah yes, these are not good times for the warmongers.
Except -- wait -- they're still in power. They're still doing what they want. They're still being paid with our tax dollars to do this murderous, criminal activity.
So they probably don't really care.
"You want me to stop? MAKE ME" is their atttitude.
So when do we take them up on this?